Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Christian MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Apr 1781 b
  • Death: 15 Feb 1835 d
  • Burial: New Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin MUSSER Birth: 13 Jun 1749 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Nov 1820 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Barbara ENGEL Birth: 1 May 1748 Death: 21 Sep 1783 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John MUSSER Birth: 4 Feb 1809 Death: 4 Apr 1848
  2. Nancy MUSSER Birth: 5 May 1811

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p[0-9]*].
  2. Engle, Morris M, Engle History and Family Records of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Mount Joy, PA: Bulletin Press, 1984. LMHS CS71.E58 1984. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1284. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p[0-9]*].
  3. Eshleman, Wilmer J, The River Brethren Denominatio, in Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol 52, no 7, 1948. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p[0-9]*].
  4. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  5. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, 1730-1908, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Will Book 1M 1810-1821, LDS Film#0021359#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005534205 images 564-5. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills M-463].
  6. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  7. Recker, Charles, People of the Marsh, Newsletter of the Musser Family 1972-75. Grenada Hills, CA: author, 1972-5. NYPL APV (Moser) 87-2041. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh [IVX]*#[0-9]p[0-9]].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
1781 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
parents:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills M-463]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
1835 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara BAER
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
first marriage of Christian [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
names:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p29],
child:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p23, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p15A]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
1802 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208],
names:
Christian MUSSER & Barbara NEFF [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara FISHER
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, MusserEA MUSSER p14D, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
second marriage of Christian [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian MUSSER
                                                                /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                                       /-----Galante MOSER
                                              /-----Peter MOSER
                                             |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                           |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                           |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
                   /-----John MUSSER
          /-----Jacob MUSSER
         |         \-----Veronica (MUSSER)
 /-----Benjamin MUSSER
|        |                                                      /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|        |                                             /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|        |                                            |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
|        |                                    /-----Isaac HIRSHI
|        |                                   |         \-----Christina DANNER
|        |                           /-----Christian HERSHI
|        |                          |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
|        |                  /-----Christian HERSHEY
|        |         /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
|        |        |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
|        |        |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
|         \-----Maria HERSHEY
|                  \-----Mary (HERSHEY)
Christian MUSSER
|         /-----Ulrich ENGLE
 \-----Barbara ENGEL
         |         /-----Ulrich BRECKBILL
          \-----Anna BRECKBILL
                   \-----Fannie HERR



Descendants of Christian MUSSER
1. Christian MUSSER m1. Barbara BAER m2. Barbara FISHER
m. Barbara BAER father: Johannes BAER mother: Anna Maria BEISTEIN
m. Barbara FISHER